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ASME RTP-1-2021 Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Corrosion-Resistant Equipment
standard by ASME International, 11/12/2021
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This Standard applies to stationary reinforced thermoset plastic corrosion resistant vessels used for the storage, accumulation, or processing of corrosive or other substances at pressures not exceeding 15 psig external and/or 15 psig internal above any hydrostatic head.
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Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Corrosion-Resistant Equipment
AN A MERICAN NA TIONAL S T AND ARD
ASME RTP-1–2021
(Revision of ASME RTP-1–2019)
ASME RTP-1–2021
(Revision of ASME RTP-1–2019)
Reinforced
Thermoset Plastic Corrosion-Resistant Equipment
AN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD
Two Park Avenue • New York, NY • 10016 USA
Date of Issuance: November 12, 2021
The next edition of this Standard is scheduled for publication in 2023. This Standard will become effective 6 months after the Date of Issuance.
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Copyright © 2021 by
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
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CONTENTS
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Statement of Policy on the Use of the ASME Single Certification Mark and Code Authorization in Advertising xii
Statement of Policy on the Use of ASME Marking to Identify Manufactured Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Committee Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Figures, Forms, and Tables Redesignated in ASME RTP-1–2021 xviii
Part 1 | General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
1-100 | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
1-200 | User’s Basic Requirements Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
1-300 | Fabricator’s Design Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
1-400 | Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |
1-500 | Fabricator’s Quality Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |
Part 2 | Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
2-100 | Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
2-200 | Laminate Compositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
2-300 | Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
Subpart 2A | Requirements for Representative Flat Laminates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
2A-100 | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
2A-200 | Laminate Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 14 |
2A-300 | Requirements for Physical and Mechanical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
2A-400 | Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
2A-500 | Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
2A-600 | Additional Standard Laminate Compositions for Subpart 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
Subpart 2B | Requirements for Laminates Developed Using the Lamination Analysis Method (Type X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
2B-100 | Laminate Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
2B-200 | Requirements for Physical and Mechanical Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
2B-300 | Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
2B-400 | Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
Subpart 2C | Permissible Tolerances for Laminate Thickness Variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
2C-100 | Tolerance for Average Spot Thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
2C-200 | Tolerance for Thickness of a Major Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
2C-300 | Exceptions and Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
Part 3 | Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
3-100 | Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
3-200 | General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
3-300 | Definitions and Related Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 20 |
Subpart 3A | Design by Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
3A-100 | Loadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 21 |
3A-200 | Design for Total Internal Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 23 |
3A-300 | Design for External Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
3A-400 | Seismic, Wind, and Snow Loadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
3A-500 | Large Diameter RTP Equipment Body Flanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
3A-600 | Vessels Supported by Shell Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
3A-700 | Reinforcement of Circular Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 32 |
3A-800 | Secondary Bond Shear Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
Subpart 3B | Design by Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
3B-100 | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
3B-200 | Design Acceptability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 33 |
3B-300 | Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 34 |
3B-400 | Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
3B-500 | Stress Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
3B-600 | External Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
3B-700 | Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
Part 4 | Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
4-100 | Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
4-200 | Large Diameter Body Flanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
4-300 | Shell Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
4-400 | Flanged Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
4-500 | Manways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 52 |
4-600 | Reinforcement of Cutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
4-700 | Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
4-800 | Balsa Wood Cored Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
Part 5 | Overpressure Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-100 | Basis for Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-200 | Protection Against Overpressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-300 | Type of Overpressure Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-400 | Location of Overpressure Protection Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-500 | Installation Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-600 | Overpressure Device Set Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-700 | Relief Device Sizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-800 | Discharge Lines From Pressure Relief Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
5-900 | Responsibility for Design and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
Part 6 | Inspection and Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
6-100 | Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
6-200 | Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
6-300 | Inspection and Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56 |
6-400 | Conditions for Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
6-500 | Equipment Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
6-600 | Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
6-700 | Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
6-800 | Fabricator’s Quality Assurance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
6-900 | Final Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
Part 7 | Shop Qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-100 | Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-200 | General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-300 | Fabricator’s Facilities and Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-400 | Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-500 | Quality Control Program, Document Handling, and Record System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-600 | Demonstration of Capability (Demonstration Laminates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
7-700 | Minimum Test Values From Demonstration Laminates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 67 |
7-800 | Demonstration Vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
7-900 | Identifying Demonstration Laminates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68 |
7-1000 | Laboratory Test and Test Report Requirements for Demonstration Laminates . . . . . . . . | 68 |
Part 8 | Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |